Legend of the Sorai
A/N: So. Last chapter was a tad bit on the rushed side, but it had to be, because I'm nearing the end, I'm ready for this to be ended and the final curtain to be be pulled. I've had this planned since the first series went into effect way back when. This may be the final chapter, I'm not sure yet, but I can tell you that we will meet those involved with the Trial, which will be the epilogue chapter. If you're wondering if the whole part where Dragon met with what was left of the Alliance was a dream or not, let me tell you this............all will be revealed. Now on with the music.
Chapter Eleven: Judgement
I stood facing Palpatine smiling. "You've got nerve Palpatine," I said, "Or should I say Darth Plageous."
His demeanor changed and he threw lightning at me, which I let hit me, "Surprised?" I said, "Lets put it this way, I was around when the last incursion went down, except I wasn't in this form."
"I know who you are Dragon," said Palpatine advancing towards me, holding me in a force lock, "You're the Grand Dragon, the Avatar of The Clan of Draso-ros."
I smiled, "Wrong," we said, as we came back down to ground, "We weren't dragon then, but we had power, which you noticed, but couldn't understand."
His smile faltered, as he suddenly backed up a step, "No," he said, "You were then Lieutenant Barksdale of the Utah Guard."
"Yes," we said, "Except in a different host, it wasn't time for Reality to know then who the Avatar were, we didn't think it necessary."
Kestral looked kind of confused, "Boss?" she said, "Has he gone mad?"
"Kestral," I said, ordering dragon to subside for a minute, "You've been brainwashed, break out of it, You know who and what you are, you need to fight this."
She looked at me, then flash blasted me into a wall as her eyes went red, (well. that was new, hadn't excepted that) and suddenly felt fire around me.
"You are not my husband!" she screamed, as the fire got hotter (emotional control? nice.)
"You see John," said Palpatine, "I told her the truth which the Red Council had buried under levels of psychic programming."
He was lying, and he knew it, but he was controlling her, (It's time to integrate, that's the only way we can end this, you know it.) and that was his trump card right now. She was his toy, his weapon if I went after him, (that's why we have to cooperate.) yet there had to be a way to break her out of this washing, after all I was brought out of mine, (with help of the stone and a reminder, she didn't have anything like that, you sent her off, without knowing the scope at the time, after all, no one forsaw it, not even Belle and she is at least by my judgement a good pre-cog.)
"We end this now," I said, as the rings on my hand started glowing.
Palpatine smiled, as he saw his weapons against my power glowing, "Yes," he said, "The glow means...." they broke
"What?" I said, as I broke them and absorbed the power, "Oh, you mean the bracelets that were supposed to control my abilities, they're part of me now, enhancing us both.......DUAL INTEGRATION!"
Power and energy flowed around us, as the avatar and the physical and spiritual aspects all combined into one, again. our wings sprouted, our eyes changed, our body complexure as well, I felt both dragon and human, then I felt One.
Kestral was still flinging fire at us, (this is getting annoying, isn't it?) which to think about it, was a tad bit irritating, we're a dragon, yet her power was trying to match us, (think he might have increased her power slightly, like he did with the Shuri-clones?)
"Enough, we declare this attack over," we said as we made the sign of a containment field around Kestral, five rings of energy flowed around her, stopping her, and effectively wrapping her in a power canceling bubble.
"This is between us now isn't it Darth Plageous?" we said as we brought forth the dragon lance sword, "A fight to the death, and your death it shall be."
He charged at me with a blade that I hadn't seen before, I countered as I expected him to run at me, but he jumped over and stuck me.
"RAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWR!" could be heard throughout the station as we screamed in pain, Palpatine had managed to use something that could affect me, a sier blade, also known as the Holy Blade, that back in the Middle ages of Old earth, the Knights used in fighting the actual dragon creatures, how he got his hands on one, was a surprise to us. Then we felt it, a consuming presence, yet, how...?
"OKAY APOCALYPSE," we said, drawing breath and forming the summoning circle, "WE ORDER YOU TO SHOW YOURSELF."
the Apocalypse that you're familiar with, forget it, he is more humanoid looking than what the shows make him out to be, just his eyes which are a deep ice blue, his skin is a tint red, but then he's immortal, or close to, no one is sure, since they can't ever get close to defeat him.
"Well," he said, as the forced power brought him out of shadows, "that was fun to watch, but Palpatine this needs to end, I say we kill the girl just to bring him down even further."
Palpatine smiled, "I like this idea," turning to us, he grinned, evily, "Dragon, we can destroy you, this will hurt you."
Palpatine then turned his attention to Kestral, as much as she was still controlled by him, I still loved her, "This is for your...." he stopped short...."Good?"
Energy flowed around her, mixing with my holding spell, and she was gone, including my holding field, turning, he looked at us, "How?" he roared, firing energy at us, "DID YOU DO THAT?!!"
The cascade of power hit us hard, then we realized, the sier blade was supposed to make us weaker, well it was having that affect, as the gaping wound in my back brought me down to my knees, yet I was forcing myself up, "I....don't....know," we said with every breath, "But...I will.....WE WILL DESTROY YOU!"
We rushed him, fast before he could regain balance, Apocalypse suddenly side sworded me, it hurt, but we punched Palpatine a good distance, then turned on Apocalypse, who threw something at us, that launched us a good distance.
Want to know what's going on around the system? Well considering our powers were being used, half the station was blowing up at random points. system defenses were down and up, down and up, the prisoner level shields failed, and the princess, as in Princess Leia of Alderran disappeared, which had the guards confused as they rushed her cell, trying to find her. Elsewhere on the station, the focusing crystals and the chambers that controlled the lazer blew up, cascading down the line, but stopping at a juncture that stopped it from destroying the station...though from the looks of it, one could say that a super star destroyer had smashed through half of the station.
We recovered, but were still in pain, which considering two wounds, this fight wasn't going to last much longer. And it was two against one, which for us normal, but when an immortal and a power hungry long lived sith were your opponents, things got testy.
"Give up Dragon," said Apocalypse, holding us in the air while Palpatine struck at us with energy, "You have nothing left to live for."
we couldn't use our energy as we were trying not to die, which we think we would have preferred.
"No," we said, "WE WILL NOT SURRENDER!"
A spasm of energy and we flew out of the holding power and launched at Apocalypse, stunning him, then turned on Palpatine and collapsed.
"Lets finish this," said Palpatine, "Apocalypse, do the honors."
Apocalpse took out a blade that we recognized, the same one wehad killed the snake with, and lifted it up to strike, we closed our eyes, ready to die.........but nothing happened, the blade didn't come. Apocalypse looked confused, as did Palpatine, who suddenly felt without his powers.
Suddenly a flash, and we were elsewhere, I was still injured, but Apocalypse and Palpatine, and a whole host of other people and beings were there, with chains and energy around them, binding their powers and negating them.
"What the HELL?!?" shouted Palpatine, struggling against his bonds, "WHO...forget that......WHERE THE HELL ARE WE?"
"Welcome to Ga-Ri-Hoast," said a voice as a man walked up, flanked by a dozen men with swords, "I am Tyronis."
"Am I in Heaven?" we asked.
"No." said another voice, as Chronis appeared, flanked by a dozen men with swords as well, "We're on trial."
I then noticed that the two Avatars were bound as well, except without the energy buffs.
"We're in a courtroom?" muttered Palpatine, "Crap."
"WELCOME." said a booming voice, "TO THE TRIAL OF REALITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"